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Kind Words is now out on Steam for $4.99. It might be the most positive, soothing game I've ever played. It's my game of the year.
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I'll have to check this game out later, seems like a very nice positive thing to have in the world, let alone in the gaming space. Will probably purchase too even though I think I have a Humble Key for it.
OP - thank you SO much for making this thread. Bought the game and just spent like an hour writing replies. I cannot begin to describe how wonderful this experience has been so far.
I've just been screenshotting my favorites, but an in-game favorite feature would be nice. It'd be nice to be able to save airplanes as well.
To be fair, Explorers of Sky made me cry like a baby so this is entirely in line with the rest of the content being brought up in regards to this game.
Just replying to some pretty serious letters
What is the best way to respond when you don't really have any advice and don't want to sound too chirpy or trite?
I want to offer encouragement but don't want to sound cliche or Pollyanna-ish. Like if someone's anxious about their work or the social life I don't want to just say "I know you'll do great!" when that's possibly just setting them up for disappointment.
I want to offer encouragement but don't want to sound cliche or Pollyanna-ish. Like if someone's anxious about their work or the social life I don't want to just say "I know you'll do great!" when that's possibly just setting them up for disappointment.
I feel like sympathy is the way to go, usually. Just an "I'm sorry you have to go through that" or "that sounds hard". Not trying to get someone to cheer up, but just letting them know there's people out there who are listening.
This makes me not want to buy it just because I don't want the dev team to be overwhelmed.
But at the same time, I know that a purchase will help them get enough funds to increase moderation.
Is the base price $5? Because if this is a sale, I might wait for the price to go up.
I'm going to buy it. Even if I never play it, the fact that it exists is a benefit to society in general.
Im learning how to write nice letters to people without it being super time consuming as it usually has been. Its refreshing but surprising what a game can be.
The trick of this game is something we're taught in 12 step recovery which is the path to fixing your problems is paved by helping others.
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Honestly don't know if you're joking, but, I'll picture Gritty saying it to me. :)
Can someone explain what "Full History" means? So far I've only sent one request, so maybe it makes sense later, but for some reason some of the letters from my request are "hidden" behind that button. I thought they'd all show up by default, so I don't understand why that button is there.
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Sounds like Popcannibal fixed the weekend's server issues~
Something that has really hit me emotionally that I didn't expect is when I get a response from someone who clearly doesn't speak English as a first language. This person doesn't even speak the same language as me, but they were willing to put their thoughts into a second or third language (and as someone learning a second language, I know how hard that can be) to make that anonymous connection, and I think that's really amazing.
I believe the regular history only shows a certain amount of your most recently received letters, while Full History is everything you've ever been sent.
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More fun updates: Over 100,000 letters have been sent!
Quoting myself because this offer is still definitely open - only one person has taken me up on it!
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If you report the letter is deleted until moderation analysis
I love this...experience. It really is great to sit down and write, as a person who loves doing that this is a great outlet, and spreading some kind words really is just the cherry on top. I have had exactly one negative interaction with a person who brushed off my musings, but it wasn't a very serious request anyway so that's fair I guess.
The most troll-y thing I saw was a paper airplane that said "im a kindred main", which I laughed at because it was pretty unexpected.
I've been at it for a couple days and it's been really nice, both to give and recieve these kind words. Thanks to everyone who's on there!
The most troll-y thing I saw was a paper airplane that said "im a kindred main", which I laughed at because it was pretty unexpected.
I've been at it for a couple days and it's been really nice, both to give and recieve these kind words. Thanks to everyone who's on there!
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Thank you for the recommendation! This looks like a really nice and positive game. Very excited to check this out
These are the hardest Fire Emblem lecture questions ever
In all seriousness as much as I admire the game I feel inadequate responding to many requests and end up just skipping through. Only if specific advice comes naturally. Sending anonymous good vibes paper airplanes is more my speed.
In all seriousness as much as I admire the game I feel inadequate responding to many requests and end up just skipping through. Only if specific advice comes naturally. Sending anonymous good vibes paper airplanes is more my speed.
I think it works as a good lesson, that we can't always help everyone with specific, relevant advice...but we can all share a general sense of positivity and hope.
I think for some, you feel indeed inadequate answering because you feel you have no good & relevant advice to provide. So you feel you should skip it because you feel out of your depths. But I also think that sometimes, people just want to feel not alone while facing these struggles. People just wanna feel heard and seen. Even if your answer brings nothing of value in terms of life lesson or resolvability, it can still bring warmth and kindness through words of understanding, while empathizing and acknowledging that their situation sucks, even though you don't know how to solve it. Sometimes that's all people need.
Sometimes, just those little words you think won't solve anything, can still go a long, long way. And that's part of the point of it all.
Sometimes, just those little words you think won't solve anything, can still go a long, long way. And that's part of the point of it all.
Yeah I think this is the truth. In fact I think letters that are just sympathy, no advice, can be the best ones. Sometimes you just want to feel heard
I've had a letter about someone venting about how their mother had been suffering from cancer for several year, making her handicapped, and how she was on the verge of dying for several months, and how it was taking a toll on them, having to take care of her, and just being impacted by seeing someone they love dying in such horrible painful way. There's no "good advice" to send here, nothing will ever solve this situation, it's just bad, sad and tragic all around. No happy feel-good letter will make any of the pain they're going through go away. Sometimes, just saying "I hear you, this situation is horrible and it's unfair to you and your family, I'm deeply sorry you have to go through that, please take care of you, you're loved, and you're not alone.", is the very best you can do. And sometimes, it's just the thing people wanna hear.
I sent a silly request about how I have had trouble lately waking up in the morning for work, despite setting multiple alarms, and how I just run around and turn them all off and go back to bed, or press "snooze" multiple times. Well someone replied back about an app (Alarmy for iPhone) that you can set up that in order to turn it off, you have to scan a barcode of a product. It's a free app, and I set it up to turn off to the scanning of the container of Tide Pods I have downstairs. So I HAVE to get up and scan that code downstairs or else it just keeps going off. Already tested it and it is amazing. This is going to change my life!
Nice. I got a few movie recommendations from the game. Good stuff.
This is a really sweet idea for a game, but I'm really nervous that folks will pour their heart out only to receive hateful responses back from horrible trolls. I'm glad they're focused heavily on moderation but I'd still be worried myself.
